Harvard is considering a new departure in the way of a minor Sports Club modelled along the lines of the present Varsity Club. Yale, a few years ago instituted the "Y" Club and, shortly afterwards, similar institutions were formed at Harvard and Princeton, membership being based solely upon the possession of the Varsity letter. In each case the organization has proved to be a stimulating influence for athletics in many ways. Princeton's supervision, through the Varsity Club, of the scholastic work of prominent athletes has answered a long-felt need and its value will be proved at the Mid-Year examinations.

At Harvard, minor sports have been most unsuccessful for the past decade. There has been little enthusiasm, few candidates and, on the whole, poor candidates and, onn the whole, poor teams, far below the standard set by her major sport teams. Yale and Princeton have been winning with remarkable regularity. So it has been suggested that a Minor Sports Club be formed, membership being awarded to wearers of minor sports insignia. "The chief gain," to quote the Crimson, "would be a coordination to the end that all lesser sports be pervaded with a spirit now very much lacking."

This hardly seems to solve the problem. The Varsity letter in itself is a big incentive and a big reward for playing on major sport teams. Its value is not enchanted by also bringing with it the membership in the Varsity Club. The insignia awarded for minor sports is, after all valuable in a much lesser degree. There are few who go out for minor sports to win the insignia as an honor to be worn. The incentive is more in the abstract honor of being on the team and in getting the exercise. The privileges of a Minor Sport Club would never stir the ordinary student to heights of energy and athletic activity. At first the idea seems attractive but upon analysis it really appears quite unnecessary.

At Princeton there has been no lack of enthusiasm in her minor sports and, at Yale, interest has always been kept up. Harvard, having let this spirit die down, has a hard task ahead of her in building it up again. Princeton's recognition with a Varsity letter of a championship minor sport team is a fair award which will prove a great incentive in the future. This, after all, is the best way of solving the problem. Daily Princetonian